KENNEDY SPACE CENTER , FLA., -- The Manipulator Flight Demonstration
(MFD) payload is installed into the payload bay of the Space Shuttle
Orbiter Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility 2. The MFD is one of
several payloads that will fly on the STS-85 mission. This payload is
designed to test the operational capability of the Japanese Experiment
Module Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS) Small Fine Arm (SFA), which
can be seen atop its Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure
(MPESS) carrier that will serve as a platform in the payload bay for
the robotic arm experiment. The arm, which will be a part of the JEM
element of the International Space Station, will be operated from the
orbiter's aft flight deck during the 11-day mission. Other payloads
that will be aboard Discovery on this space flight include the
Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the
Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA- SPAS-2), Technology
Applications and Science-1 (TAS-1) and International Extreme
Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH-2) experiments.
(Photo Release Date: 05/14/97
)

DISCLAIMER: No copyright protection is asserted for these photographs.

If a recognizable person appears in this photograph, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA of a commercial product. These photographs are available for preview and download in electronic digital form ONLY. They may not be ordered from NASA in photograph form. (See NASA Copyright Notice)